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Heat Pumps vs Furnaces
Heat pumps and electricity costs
Heat pumps work like a
refrigerator in reverse, and as refrigerators most of them
consume electricity (Gas-Fired
Heat Pumps are the exception).
Heat pumps huge advantage is in their performance. They can
provide up to three, four or five times the amount the electricity
they consume. In other words: they are much more energy
efficient than other conventional electric air conditioning
appliances, namely
furnaces and central air conditioners powered by electricity.
See:
Are Heat Pumps suitable for my home?
Heat Pumps vs Central Air Conditioning
Air Heat Pumps and the Climate Issue
In moderate climates
heat pumps are undoubtedly more energy-efficient (and a better
ecological solution) than air conditioners or furnaces. But in
cold climates, heat pumps – more precisely air heat
pumps - aren’t such a good solution. Below 30º F (0º C)
air heat pumps demand supplementary heat, with the incurring
costs.
If temperatures in your region are
often below that limit, or if your climate involves very high
temperatures, consider...
- Ground (Geothermal) heat
pumps;
- High performant air heat pumps:
see New Heat Pumps Technology and
Features
Heat Pumps and
energy sources
The competitiveness of heat pumps
is also largely dependent on
your consumption and on the
type of energy you are replacing. If that energy is electricity,
than heat pumps can give you large energy savings. But if it is
gas, than the heat pumps may not be economically advantageous.
See:
Are Heat Pumps suitable for my home?
See
also:
Basics of Heat Pumps Systems
Heat Pumps vs Central Air Conditioning
Ground heat pump systems
Air source
systems
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